as in to remain
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
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Recent Examples of stick around
High temperatures will reach 91 degrees on Saturday, while the low will stick around 58.
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Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
After the trophy presentation, the network hopes much of its audience sticks around for Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference playoff series between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
The wet weather will stick around through Monday with some more showers and thunderstorms around.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Check it out below and stick around for a trailer breakdown.
—Brayden Garcia
may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
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Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
After the trophy presentation, the network hopes much of its audience sticks around for Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference playoff series between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
The wet weather will stick around through Monday with some more showers and thunderstorms around.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Check it out below and stick around for a trailer breakdown.
—Brayden Garcia
may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick around
Verb
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For now, though, Lozano remains out of sight, but not out of the conversation.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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First, since no one actually knows the future, guessing, speculating, or simply making things up remains the state of the art for almost everyone involved in describing it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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This no-reservations Vietnamese restaurant near Union Square can feel frantic, everyone wanting everything at once, but the kitchen stays focused and fearless.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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In conclusion, European and American travelers and operators are adapting to the new, and hopefully temporary, geopolitical situation, with many choosing different destinations and/or timings, as well as different modes of transport and staying closer to home.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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And the early foul trouble in Game 2 created shades of Games 2 and 3 against the Hawks, where Atlanta hung around just long enough to pull away with one-point victories to take a 2-1 series lead before the Knicks outscored them by nearly 100 points over their final three games.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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One look, for example, was styled with a tree branch hanging around the model’s shoulders with twigs and leaves in her hair.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Voters who won the case wanted the transfer to happen without the waiting period to grant more time for new maps to be drawn.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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These aren’t the Knicks people spent years waiting to collapse.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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“Stick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20around. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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